victorian teachers pay offer

Victorian teachers will be offered a 28 per cent pay rise over four years by the state government, as it tries to avoid weeks of school strikes planned throughout May and June. The offer, which has not been formally presented to the Australian Education Union (AEU), is a significant advance on the government’s previous position of a 17 per cent increase over four years, but less than the 35 per cent over four years sought by union members. The news comes as the school leaders’ union, the Australian Principals Association (APA), also flagged its intention to join industrial action at the state’